phorbol

[ fawr-bawl, -bol ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. the parent alcohol, C20H28O6, of certain carcinogenic compounds in croton oil.

Origin of phorbol

1
<German Phorbol (1927) <Greek phorb() forage (see forb) + German -ol-ol1

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